This webinar was hosted by the International Commission on the Biological Effects of Electromagnetic Fields and features some of the world’s leading experts on electromagnetic radiation.
Powerpoint presentation slides and synopses of each speaker’s presentation are available here:
icbe-emf.org/activities/webinar-june-14-2023/
https://icbe-emf.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/3-ENGL-Italian-APPEAL.August-2023.pdf
Extract:
Appeal of the Scientists for Electromagnetic Safety
To the Italian Government, to the Parliament, to the Regions and to the Autonomous
Provinces
We – the undersigned biologists, physicists, chemists and doctors – have been conducting research on the effects of electromagnetic fields for decades and we have never used industry funds of telecommunications, proving that we have always worked in the exclusive interest of public health.
The news that the Government is considering the possibility of increasing the attention value by 6 V/m for the living areas where people stay more than 4 hours is the cause for great concern.
Our studies, and more generally international research in the latest twenty years, have largely demonstrated that exposure to radiofrequency, even below the current ICNIRP/WHO safety standards, can cause damage to health and it can reduce the levels of well-being in the general population.
Groups of scientists, such as ICEMS and Bioinitiative Working Group, such as the Council of Europe (Recommendation n° 1815 of 2011) have issued appeals to request the immediate reduction of the safety exposure limits to 0.6 V/m, in order to ensure public health and, in particular, to garantee the safety of the most vulnerable subjects such as children, pregnant women, the chronically ill patients, such as people with cancer and people with Electromagnetic Hyper Sensitivity (EHS)
Radiofrequency has been associated with several health problems including:
Contd/….
PROPOSED CHANGES TO NEW PLANNING BILL TO REMOVE EVEN MORE PUBLIC RIGHTS TO OPPOSE MONOPOLES/MASTS/ANTENNAS
Lobbying from Telecommunications Industry and IBEC
Licences for Telecommunications Infrastructure on Public Roads (footpaths & green spaces)
Section 254 licences are granted by Local Authorities for street furniture like signposts, hoardings, vending machines, tables and chairs outside cafés. Circa 2019, telecommunications mast/monopoles carrying antennae for 3G/4G/5G and accompanying cabinets were added to this list. A licence costs just €125.
These licence applications do not go through the usual planning process and are usually dealt with by the Roads and Municipal depts in the local authorities. Neither the telecommunications company nor councils are obliged to notify, consult or allow submissions from locals about proposed structures being erected in their localities.
Four councils only provide documents on their planning websites, but only one of those (Dublin City Council) allows public submissions. Other councils do not provide public notification, documentation, site notices or the right to object, and it can be difficult to get information from them. Some councils refuse to provide documentation or withhold documents even after a licence has been granted, the structure about to be installed, or mast and cabinet already in place.
In many cases, the public are unaware of a granted licence for a 4G/5G mast monopole until construction works start and a 15metre, 18metre or 20 metre high structure and cabinet is erected beside their homes, in their locality or beside their schools.
Section 254 licences applications for telecommunications appliances are not subject to Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) to assess their possible effects on the environment.
Currently local authorities have 4 months to process and make a decision on a Section 254 telecommunications Licence. If a decision is not made within 4 months, then the application is considered granted, ie a ‘deemed decision to grant a licence’
Local authorities can refuse an application. Telecom companies can then appeal the decision to An Bord Pleanála, and if the public are aware, they can make an observation on that appeal within 4 weeks (cost to public is €50). Many of these refusals have been overturned by An Bord Pleanála.
Currently any person or group can also appeal the granting of a Section 254 licence and installation of a monopole. (cost to public is €220). Some people have lodged appeals against monopoles already erected and in other cases where they were made aware of proposed installation – and stopped works so far.
Image: Typical telecommunications monopoles being installed under Section 254 Licences. The ‘Compact Modular Tri-Sector Antennas’ are concealed in the top. One monopole can transmit 3G, 4G and 5G signals. They can be extended upwards with more antennas added to the top – ‘With its modular design, you can field-upgrade sectors and stack up to 4 operators on one pole, solving critical installation issues and speeding up 4G/5G deployments.’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wpRXd9OH5eQ
DRAFT PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BILL – PROPOSED CHANGES
Section 10 of the draft Planning and Development bill to replace Section 254 and proposes the following in relation to licensing of telecommunications appliances and cables on public road:
To date, only a few TDs and one Senator have raised the issue of Section 254s in the Dáil , with recent debate about the new Bill. A few more Councillors though have been voicing their concerns about this in the last few years.
Every one of our elected representatives should be questioning this whole process which already goes against the Aarhus Convention, and the proposed changes.
Cianan Brennan, Irish Examiner:
Bill would remove right to appeal against telecoms mast licences by https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41107786.html
‘Blatant attack on rights’
The removal of the right of appeal has been branded outrageous by planning solicitor Eoin Brady who said it “represents a blatant attack on democratic rights of public participation in environmental decision-making”. He said the amendment likely came “from lobbying from the telecoms industry”.
DRAFT PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT BILL – Section 10 Licensing of appliances and cables, etc., on public roads (Pages 55 – 62)
Footnote on page 60 – since removed
Telecommunications Industry Ireland IBEC : submission on Draft Planning & Development Bill
Councillor Cillian Murphy, Co Clare https://cillianmurphy.ie/section-254-the-dubious-history-in-this-country-around-licensing-and-the-telecoms-industry/
Dáil and Seanád Questions and Debates – Various questions on Section 254 Licences
https://www.kildarestreet.com/search/?s=section+254+masts
Galway City Council votes to curtail phone masts in built-up areas https://archive.connachttribune.ie/galway-city-council-votes-to-curtail-phone-masts-in-built-up-areas/
Concern That 15 Metre 5G Mast In Ennis Will “Set Dangerous Precedent” https://www.clare.fm/news/road-safety/concern-15-metre-5g-mast-ennis-will-set-dangerous-precedent/
Plans to erect seven 5G masts in Cork City rejected https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40991843.html
Sylvan Drive, Tallaght https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40908767.html
Kingswood, Tallaght https://www.echo.ie/residents-appalled-and-let-down-by-mast-works/
Dáil Debate – John Lahart, Paul Murphy, Colm Brophy – Section 254 Telecommunications Licences https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2023-05-09/30/#s31
Limerick residents up in arms over erection of 5G mast https://www.limerickleader.ie/news/home/533927/limerick-residents-up-in-arms-over-erection-of-5g-mast.html
Widow sues An Bord Pleanála over permission for mast on her land https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41141065.html
Bluebell, Dublin https://www.echo.ie/fierce-objections-from-residents-against-monstrous-ugly-mast/
Bluebell, Dublin – Councillor sues An Bord Pleanála over ‘irrational’ mast decision https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41094094.html
High Court challenges against telecoms masts in south Co Dublin. Groups from Kingswood, Saggart say An Bord Pleanála went against advice of inspectors
Piltown, Kilkenny https://www.wlrfm.com/news/protests-continue-in-piltown-against-erection-of-telecommunications-pole-296901
Cianan Brennan: What unsavoury secrets lie within the new 738-page long Planning Bill? https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41108509.html
Filmed on 5th November 2018 at the PHIRE Conference, London.
U.N. INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIODIVERSITY Monday 22nd May 2023
And National Biodiversity Week Ireland 19th to 28th May 2023
Under the Aarhus Convention environmental information is to be proactively shared. On the International Day for Biodiversity and in Ireland’s National Biodiversity Week the following factual scientific information regarding the effects of Electromagnetic Fields (EMF) upon biodiversity is being shared with you.
Important report published on EMF and biodiversity (2009)
Bees, Birds and Mankind, Destroying Nature by ‘Electrosmog’ by biologist Ulrich Warnke with advisory Board of 5 Professors and two Doctors who all work in the field.
EMFs + Wildlife: 153 peer-reviewed studies or articles reporting significant effects from EMF exposures on wildlife
https://web.archive.org/web/20190220204849/https://www.emfresearch.com/emf-wildlife/
The following three-part wildlife study was submitted as part of the key evidence in a recent filing against the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) USA (Ireland’s equivalent of ComReg). The case was won by the Environmental Health Trust and the Children’s Health Defence in August 2021. Result: the FCC was mandated to re-examine its wireless radiation safety limits/guidelines.
Ethna Monks
Source : SaferEMR Website
Joel M. Moskowitz, Ph.D, University of California, Berkeley, has been circulating abstracts of newly-published scientific papers on radio frequency and other non-ionizing electromagnetic fields (EMF) monthly since 2016. The complete collection contains more than 1,900 abstracts and links to more than 2,000 papers. Several hundred EMF scientists around the world receive these updates.
Wireless Radiation and Electromagnetic Field Studies
Published from 2016 to 2020 (Volume 1) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_-vNvHXqDEvjeCoWmiE76_jk6Ju1Qsxi/view
Wireless Radiation and Electromagnetic Field Studies
Published from 2021 on (Volume 2) : https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ppFG-C5jplT6QxZFsN9GbBfErIQDZq1W/view
WITH THANKS TO EMR AUSTRALIA
Are some people more sensitive to electromagnetic fields than others?
Is electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) real and, if so, where’s the evidence?
On 13 April some of the world’s leading experts, including scientists, MPs and lawyers, came together to share their knowledge about electromagnetic hypersensitivity. The workshop, entitled ‘Electromagnetic-Hyper-Sensitivity: The State of Science’, was hosted by the European Parliament and held in a wifi-free environment so sufferers could attend.
What is electromagnetic hypersensitivity?
It’s the experience of symptoms or illness when exposed to man-made electromagnetic fields. It affects men, women and children, and some sufferers have experienced such hardship that they’ve taken their own lives.
The meeting began with a welcome to attendees by Parliamentary MP Michèle Rivasi who assured them that ‘the medical and scientific community at the international level is united in the momentum to secure the recognition of electrohypersensitivity.’
Here is a snapshot of talks by some of the experts and links to the video and transcript can be found below….
https://emraustralia.com.au/blogs/news-1/ehs-what-the-experts-say-part-1
https://emraustralia.com.au/blogs/news-1/ehs-what-the-experts-say-part-2
Dr. James C. Lin is a former member of the two organizations that created the RF exposure limits – the International Commission on Non-ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE). He is a renowned scientist who has studied the effects of radio frequency (RF) radiation. This article criticises the adequacy of these “safety” limits to protect public health.
VIDEO of EHS WORKSHOP at the EU Parliament held on April 13, 2023
(Audio is shaky at the start but gets better)
Slides of Presentations available here https://www.michele-rivasi.eu/politique/atelier-hypersensibilite-electromagnetique-letat-de-la-science
Transcript of Workshop https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0266/5411/3837/files/EHS_workshop_April_23_transcript_file_1.pdf?v=1684362315
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X23004473
‘This is first evidence that non-thermal effects of 2.4 GHz microwaves might have profound effects on human CM [cardiomyocyte] function, responsiveness to activation, and survival’
ACCESS FULL PAPER https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0006291X23004473
Electromagnetic Sense Ireland 